An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing comprising a front plate facing in a first direction, a rear plate facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member disposed to surround a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a rigid display disposed between the front plate and the rear plate of the housing, for externally displaying information in the first direction; a flexible display extending from one side of the rigid display and bending relative to the rigid display, thereby forming a curved surface, or disposed in parallel to the rigid display, thereby forming a flat surface; a plurality of magnets arranged at a specified interval in the flexible display; and a first sensor disposed in the rigid display and configured to sense the degree of bending of the flexible display by sensing magnetic forces provided by the plurality of magnets.
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4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the flexible display is configured to have an area larger than that of the rigid display, and has a first length in a third direction and a second length longer than the first length in a fourth direction perpendicular to the third direction.
7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein since opposite end areas of the support member may be bent to have a predetermined curvature toward the second direction in the state in which the flexible display is unfolded, the flexible display maintains the flatness in the longitudinal direction.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein an arrangement of the second magnets is disposed to correspond to an arrangement of the first magnets so as to be aligned on a substantially same axis as the arrangement of the first magnets.
9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is arranged along an edge of the rigid display adjacent to the flexible display, and comprises a hall sensor.
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